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#ABA331

#aba331 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.68% magenta, 71.35% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 56.07°, with 55.45% saturation and 43.14% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.85.

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Relative luminance0.3507

Complementary

  1. #aba331
  2. #3139ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba331
  2. #3176ab
  3. #6631ab

Analogous

  1. #ab6631
  2. #aba331
  3. #76ab31

Triadic

  1. #aba331
  2. #31aba3
  3. #a331ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba331
  2. #39ab31
  3. #3139ab
  4. #a331ab

Square

  1. #aba331
  2. #31ab66
  3. #3139ab
  4. #ab3176

Monochromatic

  1. #34320f
  2. #706a20
  3. #aba331
  4. #cfc859
  5. #e0dc95

Shades

#aba331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba331
  2. #9a932c
  3. #898227
  4. #787222
  5. #67621d
  6. #565219
  7. #444114
  8. #33310f
  9. #22210a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba331
  2. #b3ac46
  3. #bcb55a
  4. #c4bf6f
  5. #cdc883
  6. #d5d198
  7. #dddaad
  8. #e6e3c1
  9. #eeedd6
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba331
  2. #a7a039
  3. #a29c41
  4. #9e9949
  5. #9a9551
  6. #969259
  7. #918e60
  8. #8d8b68
  9. #898770
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a182 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19d1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a239 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8988d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9f27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a236 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39c73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba331 {
  color: #aba331;
}
Background
.bg-aba331 {
  background-color: #aba331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba331 {
  border: 2px solid #aba331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 55% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba331, #76ab31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.85 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.65 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.87 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.56 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.17 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.87 #545cce Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba331  rgb(171, 163, 49)  hsl(56, 55%, 43%)  Brass
#3139ab  rgb(49, 57, 171)  hsl(236, 55%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#31aba3  rgb(49, 171, 163)  hsl(176, 55%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a331ab  rgb(163, 49, 171)  hsl(296, 55%, 43%)  Purpureus